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The following information is important.  It describes your obligations to our clients and explains how we will support you if you become involved in an accident of incident on site.

AZ-Tech Recruitment & Contracting is an organisation that pro-actively fosters the Health, Safety and Welfare of our employees, contractors and the communities in which they work.  AZ-Tech will support your activities on site for our clients by:  

• negotiating safe working arrangements with our clients on your behalf such as by facilitating inductions, organising the supply of safety apparel where appropriate and addressing identified potential risks with the client 

• diligently acting on your concerns regarding site conditions, policies and procedures of clients to ensure your health and welfare is not jeopardised while engaged on their site

• Refraining from conducting any Agency business with clients known to have a record of non-compliance with reasonable safe work conditions, environmental practices or safety audit recommendations

• Promptly investigating any reported breach, incident or accident

• Where necessary removing a contractor from a potentially hazardous situation on a client site

• Offering to facilitate special insurances including Professional Indemnity cover for Independent contractors or Medi-vac emergency services for ex-pats

Our contractual agreement with you requires that you comply with all workplace health & safety and environmental management directives, policy and procedures that apply to our client’s workplace.  Contractors must attend induction, read health and safety handbooks, instructions etc that may form a prerequisite of your engagement.  A contractor’s independent status does not preclude them from following on-site safety regimes at our client’s premises.  Contractors engaged in roles where they are responsible for the welfare of others, are reminded that they are required to maintain diligence and a responsible approach to Environmental and Safety issues in so far as the scope of their role allows.

Please supply details of any safety induction/certification, operator’s tickets, licenses and/or technical qualifications, as our client may specify these as a prerequisite of the project brief and they must then be validated.

Our Consultants will advise you of all special requirements specified by the client that apply to your engagement ie: wearing of special protective clothing, medical assessments etc.  Once issued, safety apparel must be used.  Access on construction sites is strictly on condition of your compliance to site access regulations ie: safety gear, induction, sign in and identification procedures etc. 

We require that you advise us immediately where:

• the client fails to provide timely site induction

• you may have a medical condition that could affect your ability to provide specified services to our client

• you require special arrangements be put in place to enable you to safely carry out your project

• an incident or accident that occurs on site in which you are involved, no matter how minor.  You must document the event to the best of your recollection, while it is fresh in your mind.  We will arrange for our Health, Safety & Environmental Officer to can handle the investigation to ensure all appropriate management steps are taken including Workcover responsibilities

All PAYG contractors are covered by the AZ-Tech Workcare policy (within Queensland).  If you are a Self Employed Independent Contractor, you are precluded from this cover under Queensland legislation.  If you cannot provide us with a current policy number for a private sickness and accident policy, we can refer you to an insurance provider.  You may not be permitted to commence your services until a policy is in place, as non conformance places all parties at an unreasonable risk. 

From 1 January 2007, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria will recognise construction induction cards issued in each other’s jurisdictions.
These new measures that will simplify licensing requirements for construction workers working interstate.  The honourable John Mickel, Minister for State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations, announced on 18th December, 2006:

“Mutual recognition allows certified or qualified workers to practice across state borders, secure in the knowledge that they are conforming to the local rules and regulations.  Mutual recognition will not mean a decline in safety standards.  Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria have record low levels of workplace injuries and fatalities. We are streamlining our systems but maintaining our high safety standards. "